Surface treatment apparatus rotational speed indicator user interface
AssigneeSharkNinja Operating LLC
InventorsCasey MCCLAY, Kevin KELEMEN, Street BARNETT
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Abstract
A surface treatment apparatus may include a surface cleaning head having an agitator, an agitator motor configured to cause the agitator to rotate, a suction motor configured to cause debris to be drawn from a surface to be treated, a debris sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of an amount of debris in a dirty air path, a user interface (UI), and a controller. The controller can be configured to receive the signal indicative of the amount of the debris in the dirty air path, adjust a rotation speed of at least one of the suction motor or the agitator motor, and adjust the UI based on the rotation speed of at least one of the suction motor or the agitator motor.
Claims20
A surface treatment apparatus comprising:
- a surface cleaning head having an agitator, an agitator motor to rotate the agitator, and a user interface (UI), the UI including:
- a first light source, a second light source, and a third light source;
- and
- a light pipe that extends over each of the first, second, and third light sources such that at least the first and second light sources cooperate with the light pipe to generate a continuous bar of light having a variable length, the variable length being adjusted through selective illumination of at least the first light source and the second light source;
- and
- a suction motor fluidly coupled to the surface cleaning head;
- a debris sensor configured to generate an output responsive to detecting debris in a dirty air path;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- adjust a rotation speed of at least one of the suction motor or the agitator motor based on the output of the debris sensor;
- and
- adjust the variable length of the continuous bar of light based on the rotation speed of at least one of the suction motor or the agitator motor.
A surface treatment apparatus comprising:
- a surface cleaning head having an agitator and an agitator motor to rotate the agitator;
- a user interface (UI), the UI including:
- a first light source, a second light source, and a third light source;
- and
- a light pipe that extends over each of the first, second, and third light sources such that at least the first and second light sources cooperate with the light pipe to generate a continuous bar of light having a variable length, the variable length being adjusted through selective illumination of at least the first light source and the second light source;
- and
- a suction motor fluidly coupled to the surface cleaning head;
- a debris sensor configured to generate an output responsive to detecting debris in a dirty air path;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- adjust a rotation speed of at least one of the suction motor or the agitator motor based on the output of the debris sensor;
- and
- adjust the variable length of the continuous bar of light based on the rotation speed of at least one of the suction motor or the agitator motor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.